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A coalitional perspective on democratic backsliding: elite coalitions and the bureaucracy in Turkey (2025)
Journal Article
Coban, M. K., & Yesilkagit, K. (online). A coalitional perspective on democratic backsliding: elite coalitions and the bureaucracy in Turkey. Policy Studies, 1-26. https://doi.org/10.1080/01442872.2025.2530057

The rise of populism and the authoritarian shift has triggered a debate on the politics-administration nexus with a focus on the politics of democratic backsliding and the role of the bureaucracy. Recent studies have increasingly concentrated on the... Read More about A coalitional perspective on democratic backsliding: elite coalitions and the bureaucracy in Turkey.

The Global Retreat of the Regulatory State? The Populist Challenge and the Future of Regulatory Governance (2025)
Preprint / Working Paper
Yesilkagit, K., Papadopoulos, Y., & Coban, M. K. (2025). The Global Retreat of the Regulatory State? The Populist Challenge and the Future of Regulatory Governance

The regulatory state is under severe stress. The rise of populism, at times with authoritarian tendencies, is challenging the very fundamentals of the regulatory state and regulatory governance. Populist leaders do not simply politicize and undermine... Read More about The Global Retreat of the Regulatory State? The Populist Challenge and the Future of Regulatory Governance.

Investment, Growth and Employment: Perspectives for Policy (1999)
Book
Driver, C., & Temple, P. (Eds.). (1999). Investment, Growth and Employment: Perspectives for Policy. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203984208

Investment - in both facilities and know-how - is essential for growth. Economists try to understand the forces that determine investment, but investment behaviour is unruly; often the term animal spirits is used to explain the resulting volatility.... Read More about Investment, Growth and Employment: Perspectives for Policy.